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As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality
New York Slimes ^ | 2/24/2014 | Jonathan Weisman

Posted on 02/24/2015 4:39:19 PM PST by Crazieman

WASHINGTON — Last April, a dozen New York-based Internet companies gathered in the Flatiron Building boardroom of the social media website Tumblr to hear dire warnings that broadband providers were about to get the right to charge for the fastest speeds on the web.

The implication: If they didn’t pay up, they would be stuck in the slow lane.

What followed has been the longest, most sustained campaign of Internet activism in history, one that the little guys appear to have won. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote to regulate the Internet as a public good. On Tuesday, Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, all but surrendered on efforts to overturn the coming ruling, conceding Democrats are lining up with President Obama in favor of the F.C.C.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fcc; internet; netneutrality; obamanet
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To: Crazieman; All
"Good thing we voted them in, right? "

ANY AND EVERY PERSON WHO VOTES FOR A REPUBLICAN IS NOT ONLY STUPID, THEY BORDER ON TREASONOUS ACTIVITY.

I used to be one of them.

61 posted on 02/24/2015 7:47:13 PM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Crazieman

No Pelosi Congress in 2009 and there would be no Obamacare.


63 posted on 02/24/2015 9:06:26 PM PST by Impy (They pull a knife, you pull a gun. That's the CHICAGO WAY, and that's how you beat the rats!)
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To: Crazieman

meanwhile they let Keystone get vetoed... start stocking up on truth because we are going to be rationed.


64 posted on 02/24/2015 10:08:35 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: John S Mosby

the only reason for charges and speculation on shortages through the black market is because of big government rationing truth.


65 posted on 02/24/2015 10:10:18 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall no)
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To: Paladin2

“Thune has been a complete disappointment.”

You got that right.


66 posted on 02/25/2015 12:37:46 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: central_va

“Immigration, net neutrality and keystone dead. Man this guy doesn’t skip a beat. He’s turned the Presidency into a dictatorship. Payback is hell. “

Its what happens when the opposition party lays down every chance it gets.

If there is one thing to learn here its that Obama has effectively made Congress irrelevant.


67 posted on 02/25/2015 12:42:24 AM PST by headstamp 2
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To: joethedrummer
How much more are we going to take?

Free train rides to a happy work place will begin soon, please be patient as demand is high for these luxury train rides.

68 posted on 02/25/2015 1:05:05 AM PST by itsahoot (55 years a republican-Now Independent. Will write in Sarah Palin, no matter who runs. $.98-$.89<$.10)
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To: ConservativeMind

Reagan was a Californian Governor. Lincoln was born in KY and O’Basrerd; Kenya.


69 posted on 02/25/2015 3:15:39 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Crazieman

Amerika is wonderful. We have the best government money can buy.


70 posted on 02/25/2015 3:23:34 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Biggirl

2016 will not fix anything. The solution requires guts and determination that most people lack in this age. I say that because this never would of happened in 1798.


71 posted on 02/25/2015 3:35:09 AM PST by Bulwyf
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72 posted on 02/25/2015 3:37:56 AM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: Starboard
2016 is shaping up to be one ugly mess, that’s for sure.

I prefer to call it a year of reckoning. Haven't heard much from the Romneybots or Bushbots around here lately.

73 posted on 02/25/2015 3:38:32 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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To: Don Corleone

The “little guy” canard is the Dems calling card. They’re the party of the entrenched powers.


74 posted on 02/25/2015 5:21:45 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Crazieman

Has anybody called Thune’s office or are we just going along with this?


75 posted on 02/25/2015 5:22:09 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Crazieman

Yes, we do love to vote for the people who will betray us. Vote for the “R” candidate...he’s better than the “D”!

No he is not. He is worse than the “D.”

When we ponder how liberal consistently vote against the nation’s interests...we might do just the very same thing regarding those stout party Republican loyalists.

Do I want another 4 years of liberal BS, no. No one really does, even the liberals. But what is worse is I do not want to be betrayed either. And yes, betrayal is worse than dealing with an in your face liberal.


76 posted on 02/25/2015 5:23:41 AM PST by EBH (And the angel poured out his cup...)
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To: itsahoot

>>please be patient as demand is high for these luxury train rides.

But don’t ask the “conservative {uhhh} but progressive” train-worshipers who’s going to pay for their infrastructure — that’s not allowed.


77 posted on 02/25/2015 5:46:47 AM PST by HLPhat (This space is intentionaly blank.)
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To: Crazieman

this whole federal gubmint needs being scrapped and started over.
Worthless bunch the whole lot.


78 posted on 02/25/2015 5:51:07 AM PST by Joe Boucher
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To: Crazieman
We're not voting our way out of this mess.


79 posted on 02/25/2015 6:49:07 AM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. – Robert Heinlein)
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To: Crazieman; Jim Robinson; Paladin2; SunkenCiv; joethedrummer; John S Mosby; Starboard; seeker41; ...

Adam Jorde is the tech liaison for Sen. Thune.

202-224-2321

Toll-Free: 1-866-850-3855

http://www.thune.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact-me-in-washington-d-c

Contact him and see if he’s caved. If FReepers won’t fight, who will?

Contact your reps and Senators here:

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm


80 posted on 02/25/2015 7:36:45 AM PST by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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